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Recipes that showcase peppers, whether sweet bell peppers or spicy chile peppers.

Poblano peppers laid out on a sheet pan.

Poblano peppers ready for roasting into Ancho peppers

 

Best Pepper Varieties for the Italian Kitchen Garden

Planting an Italian kitchen garden for all your Italian cooking needs? Be sure to include some peppers. You will find mostly sweet pepper varieties in the Italian garden, with a few that have a mild spice. Find out more about the best types of Italian peppers to grow, their flavor, growing tips, and classic recipe …

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Seared Chicken Piperade: Slow-Carb Version

Piperade is the simple, elegant, and quintessential dish of the small Basque region that sits partially in France and partially in Spain.  The signature ingredients are those found readily in this region and consist of onion, garlic, peppers, and tomatoes (and usually a spicy paprika). Jump to: RECIPE | What is Piperade? | Grow Your …

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Essential Mexican Pantry Ingredients for Celebrations & Fiestas

Mexican cuisine is quite diverse, with many different regional variations of traditional or authentic recipes. However, there are a few key staples that can be found in nearly every Mexican household, especially during the holiday seasons. Below are the essential pantry ingredients that will help you be prepared to take on making most Mexican celebration …

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Easy Salmon Baked with Mayonnaise + Salsa Macha

This low-carb salmon dinner comes together in 15 minutes with only 2-3 ingredients. The mayonnaise adds a creamy tang to the salmon and the optional salsa macha adds the heat and the crunch. Great weeknight dinner! Jump to: RECIPE | Ingredients | Illustrated Step-by-Step Ingredients There are only 2 key ingredients to this recipe! You …

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Pork Chops Smothered with Italian Peperonata (Stewed Peppers)

Peperonata is a rustic Italian stew of sweet bell peppers long simmered into a tender melt-in-your-mouth sauce. It is often a side dish or a topping for crusty bruschetta, but in this recipe, it is a sauce that is used to flavor and tenderize pork chops. A common problem with pork chops is that they …

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Chicken Pipián Verde: Pumpkin Seed Green Mole

This classic Mexican pumpkin seed and tomatillo sauce, sometimes referred to as green mole or mole verde, is tangy, herbal and a little spicy. The pipián sauce is a rich blend of pumpkin seeds, spices, tomatillos, and roasted poblano peppers. Once the sauce ingredients are pureed in a blender, it is then briefly simmered with …

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Peperonata Topping for Low Carb Pork Chops & Burgers

Peperonata (peh-peh-roh-NAH-tah) is an Italian vegetable dish of slow-cooked, or stewed bell peppers with onion and garlic.  Of course there are variations and some Italian cooks will add tomatoes, eggplant, mushrooms, or other vegetables. This recipe heightens the flavor of peperonata with an Italian romesco sauce served over a creamy bed of butternut squash. Jump to: …

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Traditional Chile Rellenos (soft not crisp) in Egg Batter

The first time you make chile rellenos can be a bit intimidating from all the roasting, peeling, stuffing and frying. The next ten times you make them, because they were so wonderful, it will come together much easier. Just know that you can roast and peel the peppers ahead of time and stuff when you …

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Quesadillas Rajas con Crema: Poblanos in Cream Sauce

This creamy Mexican comfort food can be used in quesadillas or just eaten on it’s own. There are always nuanced versions of classic regional dishes, but the poblanos and crema are key ingredients in all versions of this dish. This recipe is from the Bajío region of Mexico and it includes mushrooms, corn and chicken …

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Mexican Rajas con Queso: Low Carb Version)

Rajas is a Spanish term which literally translates to “strips” or “slices”. But for lovers of Mexican cuisine, Rajas con Queso usually refers to roasted poblano chile strips cooked with onions and cream (often sour cream) and white cheese (often jack or asadero cheese).  It can be served as tacos, quesadillas or simply in a …

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